I am just an old gal, with some time on her hands, and loose thoughts from time to time... Wife, mother of 8, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of 21

Thursday, March 19, 2009

BONUS

We all love them. Those who get them,anyway. In the past, if you got a bonus,it was because you did excellent work.

Yet, now days, we got to wonder whatbonus's mean to corporates. After all,we hear that AIG is giving the promisedbonus to their people. Even thought theytook Billions of OUR money. You and Ias taxpayers money. How can that be?

First of all, like I said at the top, bonus area pay for excellent work. How can they feellike they should be entitled? After all thecompany is in the toilet. So shouldn't theybe fired? You and I, as we worked so hard,wouldn't we be fired if we fail to do our job?If the company ran into problems because wedidn't do it right?

They said that AIG has to pay because it was ina contract with these people. But excuse me,how does that contract hold water now... thecompany would and could have been in the toilet.How do they pay bonus to employees if there wereno company? How do they get money because ofa contract, when the money wasn't profits... it isa TAXPAYERS/FEDERAL bailout. So all bets off.

And then you have the employees themselves.Could you step up and cash a bonus check knowingfull well the money came from the taxpayers. Knowingthat you are part of the reason the company is having somuch trouble, because of some choices you made. Iknow I couldn't. Heck if they were to return or refusethe bonus's, say for a year or even two... it better thanno job, like a lot of others.

Ah, you say, well, if they don't get those bonus, they willgo else where... just where would that be, when so manyare losing their jobs? Isn't a job with out bonus better thanno job at all?